SUCCESS = LIT THE CANDLES!

Last week, I was in Kenya participating as a resource person in the East African workshop on Biodiversity Informatics. As usual several individuals came up to me after the lectures and told me that they were impressed, and liked my talks. However, the coordinator of the workshop summarized to me that "I have lit many candles, and inspired many careers". I was humble, and just thanked GOD for gifting me with an ability to do so.

There are several individuals who concentrate and focus their energy to improve themselves, and grow professionally and individually, but alone. But only those who have ability to lit the candles, and bring-in positive difference in other other lives, could be termed as "Successful" ones. Mother Teresa was not only successful, but made place in hearts of millions and billions, because she touched many lives, inspired many careers, gave purpose of life to many individuals. This is true for all successful individuals may it be Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Phule, and many other. There is long yet countable list of such successful persons, because there are only few who has ability to lit the candles and inspire the careers, and that's why they are successful.

Do you want to be one of such successful individual? Do you have aspirations to be in club of successful individuals, then learn, and consciously attempt to encourage others, lit the candles and inspire careers irrespective of class, creed, religion, community, region or country. Lightening candles should be practiced beyond boundaries, even at times, it means putting yourself in "discomfort" or stretching beyond normal hours. There is a great fun in doing so. Because -

SUCCESS = LIT THE CANDLES!